Introduction
This guide shows how to remove and replace the screen and digitizer assembly for the OnePlus 5.
Use this guide for screens that come pre-mounted on a frame.
This procedure requires significant disassembly, including battery replacement, and transferring small parts from the old screen to the replacement. The two most difficult parts are getting the frame clips of the back cover free, and not damaging the fingerprint scanner cable.
Some guide images will show the dual rear-facing camera module already removed from the phone. You do not need to remove it for this procedure.
If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
For your safety, discharge your battery below 25% before disassembling your phone. This reduces the risk of a dangerous thermal event if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair.
Tools
Parts
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Insert a SIM card eject tool, bit, or a straightened paperclip into the small hole below the SIM card tray, located near the rear cameras on the edge of the phone.
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Press firmly to eject the tray.
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Display panel seam: This seam is part of the display assembly. Do not pry at this seam, or you will separate and damage the display panel.
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Frame seam: This is where the plastic frame meets the back cover. Only pry at this seam.
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There are twelve clips that hold the frame against the rear case. Be aware of their location as you pry the back cover off in the following steps.
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Place a suction cup near the bottom edge of the display.
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Pull on the suction cup with strong steady force.
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Press the edge of an opening tool straight into the frame seam near the suction cup until the edge wedges between the plastic frame and the back cover's lip.
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Once the opening tool's edge is wedged in position, carefully slide the tool along the bottom edge of the phone.
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Carefully guide the opening tool around the left corner of the phone while keeping the tool's edge within the seam.
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With the bottom and left edge of the phone freed, gently wiggle the frame to release the top and right edge clips.
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Align the top edge of the frame to the back cover and ensure that the top clips slip into place.
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Squeeze along the long edges of the phone to snap the remaining clips into place.
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With all the clips released, flip the phone over so that the display is face-down.
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Swing the back cover around and rest it on top of the exposed frame.
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Remove the 2.6 mm Phillips screw holding the cable bracket above the battery in place.
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Lift up and remove the cable bracket.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the back cover flex cable from its socket.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the corner of the loudspeaker assembly and pry slightly, loosening the loudspeaker from its recess.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect flex cable from the socket.
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Brace the phone frame against the table.
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Using a strong, steady force, pull the green pull tab upwards until the battery loosens from its recess.
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Swing the battery completely out of its recess and pull it off of the plastic liner.
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Use the point of a spudger the pry up and disconnect the fingerprint scanner connector from its socket on the daughterboard.
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Slip the point of a spudger underneath the antenna interconnect cable and pry up to disconnect it from its socket on the daughterboard.
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De-route the antenna interconnect cable out of the way of the daughterboard.
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Insert the edge of a flat end of the spudger underneath the microphone board and twist slightly to release the board's adhesive.
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Slide the flat end of a spudger or the point of an opening pick underneath the daughterboard near its right edge.
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Gently pry to loosen the daughterboard from its recess.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger underneath the daughterboard, this time approaching it from the bottom.
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Twist and slide the spudger slightly to release the daughterboard from its recess.
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Slide the flat end of a spudger underneath the tape covering the fingerprint scanner.
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Lift up to pry and remove the tape.
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Use your finger to gently lift up the connector end of the fingerprint scanner. Pull upwards slowly. Do not pull directly away from the fingerprint scanner.
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Keep pulling upwards until the fingerprint scanner cable is freed from its recess.
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Insert the point of a spudger into the marked areas on either side of the flex cable, and push until the fingerprint scanner is loosened from its recess.
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Once the fingerprint scanner is loosened from its recess, carefully thread its flex cable through the cutout, out of the front of the display.
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Remove the fingerprint scanner.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the display interconnect cable from its socket near the bottom edge of the motherboard.
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Slide the point of a spudger underneath the antenna interconnect cable that is connected to the motherboard above the vibration motor.
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Pry up to disconnect the cable from its socket.
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De-route the cable out of its motherboard grounding clip and move it out of the way.
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Slide the point of a spudger under the small square antenna connector connected to the motherboard near the top edge.
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Pry up to disconnect the antenna connector from its socket.
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Use your fingers to lift up the top edge of the motherboard.
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Lift the motherboard out of its recess and remove it.
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Insert the point of a spudger under the top right corner of the earpiece module and pry up, loosening the module from its recess.
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Wedge the point of an opening pick between the vibration motor and the frame and push downward to loosen the vibration motor from its recess.
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Once the vibration motor is slightly loosened, you can wedge the flat end of a spudger between the motor and the frame to help free it from its recess.
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Slide the point of an opening pick underneath the vibration motor's flex pad and gently pry it off of the frame.
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Remove the vibration motor.
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Use tweezers or the point of a spudger to pry up and remove the black tape covering the volume buttons on the right edge of the phone.
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Repeat the process with the black tape covering the power button on the left edge of the phone.
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Use the edge of an opening tool to gently pry the volume button board away from the frame.
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Continue prying until you loosen the volume button board from the frame.
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Squeeze the tweezer tips together and insert the point underneath the volume button board's contact pad near the top right edge of the frame.
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Pry upwards to loosen the contact pad from the frame.
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Remove the volume buttons.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up the display connector from its socket near the bottom left corner of the frame.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger underneath the display interconnect cable socket, near where it connected with the display connector in the bottom left corner of the frame.
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Pry upwards and slide the spudger underneath the cable to loosen the cable from the frame.
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Grasp the loosened end of the display interconnect cable with your fingers and pull upwards, releasing the cable from the frame.
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Remove the display interconnect cable.
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Use your fingers to lift and de-route the antenna interconnect cable from its groove on the right edge of the frame.
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Transfer the antenna interconnect cable to the new frame.
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Use the edge of an opening tool to push the back cover antenna connector away from the frame. It is located on the top edge of the frame.
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Remove the back cover antenna connector.
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If you are transferring the connector onto a replacement frame, peel the blue liner on the top edge of the replacement frame before sticking the connector onto the edge.
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The bare screen and digitizer assembly remains.
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Transfer all of the parts you removed in the previous steps from the old assembly to the new one.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our OnePlus 5 Answers Community for troubleshooting help.
17 comments
Nice. But where do you get the replacement part from?
Dear Christos, hope it is not too late, you can check Oneplus 5 screen replacement from Witrigs
Witrigs -
HI . Do I need to buy an original screen and digitizer for my oneplus 5?
I'm from Argentina and on EBAY I do not see ORIGINAL parts
Can someone help me?
Joselo -
Hi Joselo,
You do not need an original, but that is probably the best quality. The original screen is AMOLED. There are also OLED and LCD replacement screens. These will not be as bright as the original AMOLED panel.
What are the reference of the screws ? They are missing in the one I bought !
Yôken Asakura -
Hi Yôken,
They help hold the back cover on. Most of the time, the clips are enough to hold the phone together.
Arthur Shi -
Just FYI, for whatever reason my brand new OnePlus 5 had 0,8 mm stars screws instead of T2 Torx.
strixaluco -
Same here, T2 doesn’t fit the screws on my Oneplus 5. More like T1’s
Shaze An -
Definitely T2 for me. Do watch out during assembly. I have a feeling that it’s easy to strip these.
Juno Grégoire -
T2 for me too. It was missing in my kit and iFixit sent it later when I asked them about it.
Gitanshu Sardana -